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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to allow levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied.
  (b) This part does not require the implementation of water conservation programs or practices that are not locally cost effective.

An agricultural water management plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter. The plan shall do all of the following:
  (a) Describe the agricultural water supplier and the service area, including all of the following:
  (1) Size of the service area.
  (2) Location of the service area and its water management facilities.
  (3) Terrain and soils.
  (4) Climate.
  (5) Operating rules and regulations.
  (6) Water delivery measurements or calculations.
  (7) Water rate schedules and billing.
  (8) Water shortage allocation policies.
  (b) Describe the quantity and quality of water resources of the agricultural water supplier, including all of the following:
  (1) Surface water supply.
  (2) Groundwater supply.
  (3) Other water supplies.
  (4) Source water quality monitoring practices.
  (5) Water uses within the agricultural water supplier's service area, including all of the following:
  (A) Agricultural.
  (B) Environmental.
  (C) Recreational.
  (D) Municipal and industrial.
  (E) Groundwater recharge.
  (F) Transfers and exchanges.
  (G) Other water uses.
  (6) Drainage from the water supplier's service area.
  (7) Water accounting, including all of the following:
  (A) Quantifying the water supplier's water supplies.
  (B) Tabulating water uses.
  (C) Overall water budget.
  (8) Water supply reliability.
  (c) Include an analysis, based on available information, of the effect of climate change on future water supplies.
  (d) Describe previous water management activities.
  (e) Include in the plan the water use efficiency information required pursuant to Section 10608.48.

Agricultural water suppliers that are members of the Agricultural Water Management Council, and that submit water management plans to that council in accordance with the "Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Efficient Water Management Practices By Agricultural Water Suppliers In California," dated January 1, 1999, may submit the water management plans identifying water demand management measures currently being implemented, or scheduled for implementation, to satisfy the requirements of Section 10826.

(a) Agricultural water suppliers that are required to submit water conservation plans to the United States Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to either the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, may submit those water conservation plans to satisfy the requirements of Section 10826, if both of the following apply:
  (1) The agricultural water supplier has adopted and submitted the water conservation plan to the United States Bureau of Reclamation within the previous four years.
  (2) The United States Bureau of Reclamation has accepted the water conservation plan as adequate.
  (b) This part does not require agricultural water suppliers that are required to submit water conservation plans to the United States Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to either the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575) or the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or both, to prepare and adopt water conservation plans according to a schedule that is different from that required by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

An agricultural water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by adopting an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) or by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide water management planning if those plans meet or exceed the requirements of this part.